Team Work
Working effectively as a team.
Learning Objectives
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Define
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Team Work
Collaborative practice.
Roles of the multidisciplinary team
Effective team practice
Conflict resolution
Defining Team Work
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Health Practitioners from various
streams working together
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Each team member has expertise
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Equality
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Respect
Primary Clinical Care Manual.
Team Practice
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Health Practitioners working
collaboratively
Each an expert in a specific area
Equality in decision-making and
accountability
Defined roles based on skills,
knowledge and law
Primary Clinical Care Manual.
Roles and Responsibilities
Depend on
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Position description
Gender
Skills, knowledge, expertise and
experience
Relationship with the community
Bush Book volume 1.
Multidisciplinary Teams
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More similarities than differences in
the practice
The scope of practice is generally
advanced.
Challenges are common
Dade Smith 2007
Extra Skills of the Individual
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Knowledge of health service
Resourcefulness
Ability to work in isolation
Ability to work in a team
After hours availability
Ability to access information
Survival skills
Dade Smith 2007
Team work skills required
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Open communication
Mutual respect
Understanding of each other’s role
and function
Acknowledging and utilising the
expertise of other team members
Individual Skills required
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Advanced clinical skills
Ability to deal with emergencies
Understanding Public Health
Working within a Primary Health
Care framework
Work with multicultural groups.
Cross cultural communication
Janie Dade Smith 2007
Survival Skills
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Confidentiality.
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Understanding, acknowledging
and accepting community
expectations.
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Maintaining professional and
personal boundaries.
Dade Smith 2007
Skills in Rural and Remote
Areas.
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Understand
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legal, ethical and scope of practice
issues
and accept professional limitations
Ability
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to access and utilise professional
development opportunities
conduct local research
Dade Smith 2007
Roles & Responsibilities
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Communicate
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Utilise resources effectively
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Monitor and evaluate
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Participate in change management
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Support and mentoring
Chronic Disease Guidelines 2007
Service Delivery
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Health teams members work
collaboratively
Mutually respectful framework
Practitioners need to be aware of and
practice within their scope
Roles of other team members need to be
clear.
Conflict resolution
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Essential for a functioning team
Team and team leader need to be able
to resolve conflict professionally
Skills required for effective conflict
resolution will be discussed in session 4
of this unit.
Learning Activity
Please complete the
learning activity
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